6/28/09

smoky desire

Henry Louis Gabbedeauxchanges the left front tireon his aging Pontiac,in the park on an overcastSunday morning, whilehis wife, Gloria, readssteamy romance novels,one after the other,as their two children playon the jetty,trying to catch gulls;she is not the lookerthat she once was at thecounty fair, but he is nolonger the star running backeither; he is looking at herwith love, and she islooking at him withsmoky desire.